But back to the story (translated by Joseph Smith into 17th century English from the Reformed Egyptian).

(3-18) There came a voice unto me, saying: Enos....
One day Enos went out to hunt beasts in the forest when a voice in his head started talking to him.
Enos has a long conversation with the voice, which tells him
that he is forgiven through his faith in Jesus, who wouldn't be born for another 500 years. And whatever he asks "in the name of Christ," he will receive.
God also "covenanted" with Enos, saying he'd preserve his plates with the Lamanites.

1 Behold, it came to pass
that I, Enos, knowing my father that he
was a just man -- for he taught me in his language, and also in the nurture and admonition of the
Lord -- and blessed be the name of my God for it --

2 And I will tell you of the wrestle which I had before God, before I received a remission
of my sins.

3 Behold, I went to hunt beasts in the forests; and the words which I had often heard my father speak
concerning eternal life, and the joy of the saints, sunk deep into my heart.

4 And my soul hungered; and I kneeled down before my Maker, and I cried unto him in mighty prayer and
supplication for mine own soul; and all the day long did I cry unto him; yea, and when the night came I did still raise
my voice high that it reached the heavens.

5 And there came a voice unto me, saying: Enos, thy sins are forgiven thee, and thou shalt be blessed.

6 And I, Enos, knew that God could not lie; wherefore, my guilt was swept away.

7 And I said: Lord, how is it done?

8 And he said unto me: Because of thy faith in Christ, whom thou hast never before heard nor seen. And
many years pass away before he shall manifest himself in the flesh; wherefore, go to, thy faith hath made
thee whole.

9 Now, it came to pass that when I had heard these words I began to feel a desire for the welfare of my
brethren, the Nephites; wherefore, I did pour out my whole soul unto God for them.

10 And while I was thus struggling in the spirit, behold, the voice of the Lord came into my mind again,
saying: I will visit thy brethren according to their diligence in keeping my commandments. I have given unto them this
land, and it is a holy land; and I curse it not save it be for the cause of iniquity; wherefore, I will visit thy
brethren according as I have said; and their transgressions will I bring down with sorrow upon their own heads.

11 And after I, Enos, had heard these words, my faith began to be unshaken in the Lord; and I prayed unto
him with many long strugglings for my brethren, the Lamanites.

12And it came to pass that after I had prayed and labored with all diligence,
the Lord said unto me: I
will grant unto thee according to thy desires, because of thy faith.

13 And now behold, this was the desire which I desired of him -- that if it should so be, that my people,
the Nephites, should fall into transgression, and by any means be destroyed, and the Lamanites should not be destroyed,
that the Lord God would preserve a record of my people, the Nephites; even if it so be by the power of his holy arm, that
it might be brought forth at some future day unto the Lamanites, that, perhaps, they might be brought unto
salvation --

14 For at the present our strugglings were vain in restoring them to the true faith. And they swore in
their wrath that, if it were possible, they would destroy our records and us, and also all the traditions of our
fathers.

15 Wherefore, I knowing that the Lord God
was able to preserve our records, I cried unto him continually,
for he had said unto me: Whatsoever thing ye shall ask in faith, believing that ye shall receive in the name of Christ,
ye shall receive it.

16 And I had faith, and I did cry unto God that he would preserve the records; and he covenanted with me
that he would bring them forth unto the Lamanites in his own due time.

17 And I, Enos, knew it would be according to the covenant which he had made; wherefore my soul did
rest.

18 And the Lord said unto me: Thy fathers have also required of me this thing; and it shall be done unto
them according to their faith; for their faith was like unto thine.

(19-20) The Lamanites ... were led by their evil nature that they became wild, and ferocious,
and a bloodthirsty people, full of idolatry and filthiness ... And many of them did eat nothing save it was raw meat; and they were
continually seeking to destroy us.
After the voice in his head quieted down, Enos prophesied to the Nephites about the evil, wild, ferocious, bloodthirsty, and filthy Lamanites
(Native Americans).

(20) Their skill was in ... the cimeter.
Enos tells us a remarkable fact about the Lamanites. They were especially skilled in using the cimeter. And they only ate raw meat.
[A Cimeter (or scimitar) is a curved sword with the sharp edge on the convex side.
This type of sword did not exist at the time Enos was supposedly written (ca. 500 BCE). Indeed there is no evidence that swords of any
kind existed in pre-Columbian America.]

(21) The people of Nephi did till the land, and
raise all manner of grain, and of fruit, and flocks of herds, and flocks of all manner of cattle of every kind, and
goats, and wild goats, and also many horses.
The Nephites, on the other hand, were civilized people. They cooked their food and grew "all manner of grain" and
had "all manner of cattle ... and also many horses." (Cattle, horses, and European grains were absent in pre-Columbian North America.)

(22) There were exceedingly many prophets among us.
It wasn't easy for Enos, though, to prophesy among the Nephites because there were exceedingly many other Nephite prophets.
But he did his best, speaking with exceeding harshness.

Luckily he had read his dad's book so he knew how to talk with "exceedingly great plainness of speech,"
as you've no doubt already noticed.

19And now it came to pass that I, Enos, went about among the people of Nephi, prophesying of things to
come, and testifying of the things which I had heard and seen.

20 And I bear record that the people of Nephi did seek diligently to restore
the Lamanites unto the true faith in God. But our labors were vain; their hatred was fixed, and
they were led by their evil nature that they became wild, and ferocious, and a bloodthirsty people, full
of idolatry and filthiness; feeding upon beasts of prey; dwelling in tents, and wandering about in the wilderness with a
short skin girdle about their loins and their heads shaven; and their skill was in the bow, and in
the cimeter, and the ax. And many of them did eat nothing save it was raw
meat; and they were continually seeking to destroy us.

21And it came to pass that
the people of Nephi did till the land, and
raise all manner of grain, and of fruit, and flocks of herds, and flocks of all manner of cattle of every kind, and
goats, and wild goats, and also many horses.

22 And there wereexceedinglymany prophets among us. And the people were a stiffnecked people, hard to
understand.

23 And there was nothing save it was
exceeding harshness, preaching and prophesying of wars, and
contentions, and destructions, and continually reminding them of death, and the duration of eternity, and the
judgments and the power of God, and all these things -- stirring them up continually to keep them in the fear of the
Lord. I say there was nothing short of these things, and exceedingly great plainness of speech, would keep them from
going down speedily to destruction. And after this manner do I write concerning them.

24 And I saw wars between the Nephites and Lamanites in the course of my days.

25And it came to pass that I began to be old, and an hundred and seventy and nine years had passed away
from the time that our father Lehi. Lehi left Jerusalem.

26 And I saw that I must soon go down to my grave, having been wrought upon by the power of God that I must
preach and prophesy unto this people, and declare the word according to the truth which is in Christ. And I have
declared it in all my days, and have rejoiced in it above that of the world.

(27) Nephi ends his little booklet with this: I rejoice in the day when my mortal
shall put on immortality, and shall stand before him; then shall I see his face with pleasure, and he will say unto me....
Which reminds me of this verse from "You and me (but mostly me)" from my all-time favorite musical.
(The Book of Mormon).

I've always had the hope,
That on the day I go to heaven.
Heavenly Father will shake my hand and say,
"You've done an awesome job, Kevin!"

27 And I soon go to the place of my rest, which is with my Redeemer; for I know that in him
I shall rest. And I rejoice in the day when my mortal shall put on immortality, and shall stand
before him; then shall I see his face with pleasure, and he will say unto me: Come unto me, ye blessed,
there is a place prepared for you in the mansions of my Father. Amen.